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manindrona | prick (to) ~ to prick, to goad; to give a hypodermic injection |
tsindrona | pricking (act of) ~ the act of pricking |
raiketa | prickly-pear (species of) ~ a species of prickly-pear commonly used for fences (Introduced (?) It is known in Mauritius as raquette. The fruit, rubbed over the soot of a rice-pot, is used as a substitute for blacking. Thorns of it in the flesh are removed by poulticing the part with the roasted fruit |
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